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Moravian white Christmas cookies are rich, butter-and-cream rolled cookies cut into fancy shapes. Pennsylvania-Dutch tradition with a crisp snap and tender middle.

If you can't find key lime juice, use lime juice instead. The crust is buttery and flakey, the filling is creamy, lime-y and smooth, and the meringue topping is light and fluffy. Perfect balance of the flavor and the texture.

Easy buttermilk biscuits with melted butter (no cutting in cold butter required) and tangy buttermilk. Six ingredients, 20 minutes start to finish, fluffy and quick.

Dense, buttery pound cake infused with apple cider and warming fall spices gets drizzled with a simmered buttermilk glaze. This autumn dessert feeds a crowd and slices beautifully for gatherings.

As I do not own a bread machine, I adapted this recipe to make in my KitchenAid stand mixer using the dough hook. I kept the igredients basically the same, with the exception of adding 1 1/2 Tbs. honey. I baked it in a 9" x 5" loaf pan.

Everyone loves toasts with peanut butter, it's so quick and easy to make, and it's just good itself.

Bhopali roti from central India: a flavored whole-wheat-and-rice-flour flatbread enriched with cashews, cumin, cilantro, green chiles, and saffron-infused milk. The royal cousin of everyday roti.

Applesauce and butter together made these muffins super moist and tasty. Used 1 cup whole wheat flour and half cup white flour, and the muffins came out very fluffy. Love pecan topping that added some nutty crunch. Had a few for breakfast, and afternoon snack.

Grated potato pancakes with a smooth batter base: shredded potato folded into a milk-egg-flour batter and fried golden on a hot griddle. Pair with bacon, applesauce or stewed berries.

"This can be served with the chocolate cookies, cakes, pancakes and chocolate desserts, I recommend."

A simple bread machine recipe that will have you making a scrumptious and moist bread your whole family will enjoy!

Toasted hazelnuts and sage are cooked in browned butter, then toss in blanched sugar snap peas. This deliciously refreshing recipe makes your sugar snap peas sing.

This easy to make dessert is actually very impressive. Everyone who had it all loved it and enjoyed it, and gave rave reviews back.

Beacon Hill brownies pack 8 ounces of unsweetened chocolate, butter, eggs, and walnuts into rich, fudgy squares with a glossy crackle top. The Boston classic with serious chocolate intensity.

A German take on pancakes. Very flexible, toss in some apples or other fruit and your children or hubby will love you.

Rustic Lentil Stew